Writing

I know! It was a two chapter day, what can I tell you. Actually, one of the chapters  took crazy amounts of time to get where I wanted it but then today, I wrapped it and another chapter, so whee! You get both Chapter 23 and Chapter 24. At Readercon, I read Chapter one and

So… You’ve wondered what this new social network is good for. Fair question.  Google+ offers one thing that I think is amazing for writers and other creative types. The hangout. This is basically a video group chat but a little fancier. I’ve been using it to have writing sessions with other writers and Edward Champion

So… I had posted Chapter 21 with an apology for moving the numbering around.  A subsequent revision meant that I cut a chapter so we’re back to Chapter 21 again. La! I know. It’s all very confusing. So here’s what happened. At the Nebulas I had a chance to sit down with my agent and

This evening I’ll be having a reading at the Powell’s in Beaverton at 7pm. In addition to showing off the trade paperback of Shades of Milk and Honey — which has some changes from the hardcover — I’ll be joined by members of the Oregon Regency Society, who will be in costume from the early

The new Writing Excuses episode is up, wherein we talk about giving your characters internal motivation. If you have to ask yourself “what’s my motivation?” when you’re sitting down to write, this isn’t the podcast for you. We’re talking about character motivation in this cast. You can listen to the episode at Writing Excuses 6.2: Internal